The blade runner gets bail. Breaking news following out of south africa for you. Despite pleas from the prosecution that he would flee the country south africas chief magistrate grants the double amputee track star bail ahead of his murder trial for allegedly killing his model girlfriend. Well get a live report and legal analysis in just a few moments. Hi everybody. Im thomas roberts. Great to have you with me. Topping our agenda this friday the sequester freakout. Federal agencies, states, schools, airports, even your supermarket all bracing for impact. And thats exactly what the president is banking on as he works his outside game with a week left to go. The white house already making plans for another Campaign Style press Event Next Week in virginia following the president s appearance with First Responders this week. Rounds of tv and radio interviews including this one with msnbcs al sharpton. We continue to reach out to the republicans and say, this is not going to be good for the
Understand that taxing americans dampens the economy. Republicans dont seem to understand that massive unfocused cuts right now are going to slow down the economy. You seriously have to wonder whether anyone in washington, in the house and the senate, in the white house and the administration, republican, democrat, do they ever go outdoors . So the economic hammer falling at the end of the month. 85 billion in cuts. What will that mean to your wallet or your family . 619 million in cuts to the federal Aviation Administration which could result in major flight delays for travelers. 406 million in cuts to head start programs meaning 70,000 children losing access and potential layoffs of 14,000 teachers and staff. And 120 million cut to Health Care Facilities which would impact an estimated 900,000 patients. Joining me now to talk more about this is kentuckys democratic congressman john yarmuth. Sir, great to have you with me. Lets talk about this and in the terms of how we see this seque
voted against background checks. he rewrote this letter on the spot. he voted against karen teves. he voted against the family that he said in his letter, quote, will be in heard them say somet
karen teves wrote a letter to senator flake asking him to support gun safety legislation. she told the senator about her son alex, who was murdered while shielding his girlfriend from bullets in that aurora, colorado movie theater where 12 people were murdered and 58 were wounded. senator flake wrote a handwritten letter to the grieving mother. here it is. he begins by apologizing for the fact that she received a form letter from his office in response to what he calls her heartfelt note. he says, i regret you received an impersonal response to such personal words. i regret your deep loss. while we may not agree on every solution, strengthening background checks is something we agree on. your family will be in my
of his party instead of his senior senator and voted against background checks, something that 90% of america wanted. and in casting his vote, senator flake had to rewrite himself. karen teves wrote a letter to senator flake asking him to support gun safety legislation. she told the senator about her son alex, who was murdered while shielding his girlfriend from bullets in that aurora, colorado movie theater where 12 people were murdered and 58 were wounded. senator flake wrote a handwritten letter to the grieving mother. here it is. he begins by apologizing for the fact that she received a form letter from his office in response to what he calls her heartfelt note. he says, i regret you received